Turbulence Spotlight: "ASCII BUSH" by Yoshi Sodeoka

ASCII BUSH is an ascii video rendition of two State of the Union addresses–one delivered by George W. Bush on January 12, 2003 (just before the Iraq war); the other by his father, George H.W. Bush, on March 6, 1991 (right after Operation Desert Storm). The goal of the project is to "find some artistic meaning in the dreadful and painfully long US presidents' speeches, and to investigate the idea of recycling and making art out of the debris of our culture."

BIOGRAPHY

Yoshi Sodeoka is a New York based artist and musician who has been producing both art and commercial projects for over a decade. His interactive digital artwork has been featured on numerous CD-ROMs and Web sites and in exhibitions at the San Francisco MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Design Museum, Germany and Art & Design Museum Brazil. In addition, Sodeoka has lectured widely on the topic of digital art and design, and has juried design awards for Art Director's Club, New York and the One Club. He was a contributing writer for Artbyte magazine for which he wrote a bi-monthly column about underground digital culture. Prior to that, he was the founding art director of Word.com, one of the Web's oldest and most influential e-zines, which launched in 1995.

this is an incredible piece of workit could stand on its own as audio,let alone the ascii promises given herein

"and our union is strong"

the elation of the audio on the applause is truly scary

On 16 Sep 2004, at 18:05, Jo-Anne Green wrote:

> September 16, 2004> Turbulence Spotlight: "ASCII BUSH" by Yoshi Sodeoka> http://turbulence.org/spotlight/ASCII_BUSH>> ASCII BUSH is an ascii video rendition of two State of the Union > addresses–one delivered by George W. Bush on January 12, 2003 (just > before the Iraq war); the other by his father, George H.W. Bush, on > March 6, 1991 (right after Operation Desert Storm). The goal of the > project is to "find some artistic meaning in the dreadful and > painfully long US presidents' speeches, and to investigate the idea of > recycling and making art out of the debris of our culture.">> BIOGRAPHY>> Yoshi Sodeoka is a New York based artist and musician who has been > producing both art and commercial projects for over a decade. His > interactive digital artwork has been featured on numerous CD-ROMs and > Web sites and in exhibitions at the San Francisco MoMA, Whitney Museum > of American Art, Design Museum, Germany and Art & Design Museum > Brazil. In addition, Sodeoka has lectured widely on the topic of > digital art and design, and has juried design awards for Art > Director's Club, New York and the One Club. He was a contributing > writer for Artbyte magazine for which he wrote a bi-monthly column > about underground digital culture. Prior to that, he was the founding > art director of Word.com, one of the Web's oldest and most influential > e-zines, which launched in 1995.>> For more information about Turbulence, please visit > http://turbulence.org>>> – > Jo-Anne Green, Associate Director> New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org> New York: 917.548.7780

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